Officiating Basketball

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Teacher Education
Brgy. Binongtoan Alangalang, Leyte
Telephone: 525-0344 local 1098
Email: alangalang@vsu.edu.ph
Website: www.vsu.edu.ph
Module 2: Officiating Basketball
Module Overview
Sports officials must be able to maintain order in the midst of confusion,

understand fairness, promote safety, and promote good sportsmanship. They are also
someone who can be placed in a position of leadership and handle it without being excessive.
Along with the game regulations, you must completely grasp your role before, during, and
after the game.
Motivation Question
Why is it important to have officiating officials in sports?
Module Pretest
What do you is expected in an officiating official?
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Lesson 2.1: Officiating Basketball

Lesson Summary
Each official becomes the 'face' of competitive officiating. People frequently judge all
officials based on how an individual official behaves; therefore, they must act professionally and
appropriately. It is critical that officials present themselves in a way that displays officiating in a
positive and respectable light. Officials play a vital part in the staging of competitions. They give
participants with leadership and supervision, ensuring that the competition is safe and fair.
The official's role requires qualities such as integrity, honesty, trustworthiness, and respect.
This includes how they act and interact with others before, during, and after competition, how they
present themselves as officials, and how they carry out their duties. Officials must account for their
acts and attitudes. People expect the official to be someone they can rely on to keep the competition
under control.
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the basic hand signals used in basketball.
2. Demonstrate the basic hand signals in basketball.
Discussion
Most sports have a referee or umpire whose job it is to make sure the game is played by the
rules. The basketball referee's responsibility is to ensure that the game is played safely and fairly.
Referee. The referee enforces the game's regulations and will make hundreds of decisions during a
game, assessing when a violation or infraction occurs and then stopping the game to deliver the
appropriate penalty. The decision is frequently "no call" because there was no violation or foul, but
the referee must constantly watch the play. Unlike players (who are likely to be substituted for rests
during the game), referees (two on most games and three on higher-level games) are on-court the
entire game and work together to do the best job possible. It is not easy, but it can be quite rewarding!
Roles of the Referee

Before the start of the game, the referees check that the game is ready to go. This includes checking
that:
 both teams have completed the score-sheet and players are in the correct uniform;
 all equipment is ready (in some junior the height of the ring or size of the ball may need to be
changed);
 scorers (and if applicable statisticians) are present and ready.
Accordingly, referees are encouraged to get to the game at least 10 minutes before it is due to start.
During the game, the referee ensures that it is played according to the rules. This includes stopping play for
time-outs or substitutions when requested by a coach. Often local competitions will vary timing rules etc
(to best fit all the games that have to be played) and the referees need to check what specific rules are used.
At the conclusion of all games, the referee checks the scoresheet and sign-offs that the game was
completed. In many associations, a paper scoresheet is no longer used and instead a tablet or computer is
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used for keeping score. However, it is done, the referee is responsible to check at the end of the game that
the score has been recorded correctly.
Why Referee?
There are lots of reasons why people get involved in refereeing. Some of the common reasons are:
 participate in the sport and being part of the community;
 improve their knowledge and understanding of the rules of basketball;
 making friends;
 earning “pocket money”, saving for a holiday etc
 keep fit;
 have fun!
Some referees are interested only in helping at their local association whilst others may aspire to state,
national or international competition! The pathway exists so that everyone can participate to the level of
their skill and interest.
Hand Signals in Basketball
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Module 2: Officiating Basketball

Sports officials must be able to maintain order in the midst of confusion,

Why is it important to have officiating officials in sports?

What do you is expected in an officiating official?

Lesson 2.1: Officiating Basketball

Roles of the Referee

Hand Signals in Basketball

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